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A New Intro to Designers & Dragons

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Intro to the long-running series of articles meant to complement the Evil Hat edition of the Designers & Dragons books.

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What is Advanced Designers & Dragons?

appelcline August 1, 2014 No Comments

A look at how Designers & Dragons became a second edition (and how the original RPGnet columns were rebooted again as a result).

Yearly Chronicle

2013: The Year in Roleplaying

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Here’s what I did in 2013: I finished work on four volumes of Designers & Dragons, one for each decade of the industry: the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s. Together…

Product History

D&D Product Histories, Part Two

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More product histories from AD&D 1e, 2e, and BD&D.

Top RPGs Yearly Chronicle

The Top RPGs of 2012

appelcline May 13, 2013 No Comments

Pathfinder rules the roost in game stores in 2012. (Revisionary history claims this never happened.)

Product History

D&D Product Histories, Part One

appelcline January 23, 2013 No Comments

A look at my first batch of product histories, written for DnDClassics.com

Yearly Chronicle

2012: The Year in Roleplaying

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While D&D 4e continues to fall, Kickstarter goes multimillion, and the old is new again.

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Previewing Designers & Dragons 2e

appelcline November 13, 2012 No Comments

A look at the planned table of contents for the impending second edition of Designers & Dragons, from Evil Hat.

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The Compiled Wisdom of Gigi D’Arn

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A listing of all the history from GIgi's column in Different Worlds.

Top 10

The Top 10 Things You May Not Know About Roleplaying in the ’70s

appelcline August 2, 2012 No Comments

About the wargaming competition in roleplaying of the '70s, and how it was synonymous with D&D.

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